Archive for September, 2010 
Learning Japanese with JapanesePod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn Japanese! Ayumu can’t stop thinking about the person she saw outside the movie theater that she was convinced was her boyfriend, Shin. This time, though, a certain encounter makes her second guess what she saw that day! Who did she really see? The mystery deepens! In this Beginner lesson, you’ll learn about transitive and intransitive verbs and how to use them. Sound difficult? Not to worry - we’ll clearly explain the difference between the two types and when to use each. Visit us at JapanesePod101.com where you will find many more fantastic Japanese lessons and learning resources! Leave us a message while you are there!

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You’re sitting at your local café having your morning mocha when something catches your eye. It’s thin, shiny and you just can’t take your eyes off it. It’s an iPad – the gadget of the moment! As the man next to you taps and swipes his fingers across the beautiful color screen, you lean over to try and get a better look. You think to yourself, “What could be so important that this guy has the nerve to flaunt his cool new toy in my face?” You start to recognize some Japanese vocabulary and lesson notes you swear you’ve seen before. “ Why…that can’t be right. Is he studying Japanese on his iPad?!” He sure is. And chances are, he’s using one of our Innovative Language Learning iPad applications! Along with our 400+ iPhone and iPod Touch apps, we just added a handful of iPad applications to the iTunes App Store! We took what we’re best at (creating fun and effective Japanese lessons and materials) and married them to the state-of-the-art iPad features. It’s like having an entire language learning lab right in your lap! And for a limited time, all Innovative Language iPad apps are 50% OFF! Not good enough of a deal for you? How about we give you our Japanese iPad apps for FREE! Tell us how you use your iPad, iPhone or iPod Touch to learn Japanese in the comments section of this post by September 17th. We’ll pick a handful of winners to test out some of our great apps! Don’t just stand there looking jealous at Mr. iPad guy over there. Start commenting to get some apps for yourself!
Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! Welcome to JapanesePod101.com’s Kantan Kana. Japanese has three writing systems: Hiragana, Katakana, and Kanji. In this series of twenty-five lessons, you will learn both Hiragana and Katakana, collectively known as Kana. Over twenty-five lessons, we will teach you Japanese Kana using simple steps, showing you the correct stroke order, helpful tricks for memorization, and proper usage in common Japanese words. If you want to get started reading and writing Japanese, this is THE place to start. You’ll learn Japanese in mere minutes with these audio and video lessons, so join us for Kantan Kana from JapanesePod101.com!
Learning Japanese with JapanesePod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn Japanese! In this hiragana lesson, we’ll learn three special hiragana characters: わ、を、and ん、and we’ll teach you a few words you can write with these characters. Are you ready to learn more Japanese characters and words? Visit us at JapanesePod101.com where you will find other language-learning content, including other great Japanese videos like this one, audio podcasts, review materials, blogs, iPhone applications, and more Japanese learning resources. Leave us a message while you are there!
Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! You’ve claimed your bags at the Japanese airport and you’ve climbed into a taxi on your way to your hotel in Tokyo. You might be able to point and use sign language to demonstrate where you want to go in Japan…and for some other minor things, but you won’t get very far unless you know some basic Japanese words to help you along. Besides, if you keep up the game of Japanese charades for too long, someone might mistake you for a mime!
Learning Japanese with JapanesePod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn Japanese! This Japanese All About lesson will teach you five critical words and phrases you need to know to get around Japan unscathed-and without offending anyone who might be helpful to you. You’ll learn how to say “please,” “yes,” and “thanks,”-and, just in case you do overstep your bounds, you’ll also learn “I’m sorry” in Japanese. When you don’t know the right Japanese words, you’ll find that a little politeness will get you pretty far. Visit us at JapanesePod101.com where you will find many more fantastic Japanese lessons and learning resources! Leave us a message while you are there!

Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! When your roommate gets home from work in Japan, she calls out in Japanese, “Hey, buddy, are you home?” From the couch in front of your video games, you reply in Japanese, “Mmmm, barely. I’m pretty tired.” As chipper as ever, she says in Japanese, “You know, it’s your week to take out the trash and recycling. Today is the day. Are you going to take care of it?” You respond in Japanese, “Yes, I’ll get to it, but right now I’m busy.” She comes over to the couch, inspects the pile of junk food around you, and notices that you are playing a Japanese video game. She tells you in Japanese, “You can shoot the aliens later. Right now, you need to take out the trash!” You reply in Japanese, “Gee, I didn’t know I had another mom…” Seeing the glare on her face, you wonder whether you’ve taken it too far. You say in Japanese, “I didn’t mean to be snappish; I’m just cranky because I’m so tired.” But it’s too late…your roommate has already stomped off and slammed the door to her room, muttering “Excuses, excuses!” in Japanese.
Learning Japanese with JapanesePod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn Japanese! This Japanese Particle lesson will teach you how to use particles to make excuses for your behavior (or perhaps for your failure to behave!). Visit us at JapanesePod101.com where you will find many more fantastic Japanese lessons and learning resources! Leave us a message while you are there!

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